as in quake
a shaking of the earth
a temblor knocked down many of the buildings in the village
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The earthquake was the most powerful to strike Myanmar since it was rocked by a 7.9-magnitude temblor in 1912 in Taunggyi, a city also in central Myanmar.
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Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
The temblor with a magnitude of 7.7, struck at around 12:50 p.m. local time (1:50 a.m. ET) on Friday.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
The temblor happened at 12:50 p.m. Myanmar time about 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, Myanmar, data from the agency shows.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
After a temblor, LAFD usually deploys a strategic survey by land, air and sea of all districts around the city.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
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Brad Lendon and Alex Stambaugh, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2025
The temblor with a magnitude of 7.7, struck at around 12:50 p.m. local time (1:50 a.m. ET) on Friday.
—Jan Camenzind Broomby, NPR, 29 Mar. 2025
The temblor happened at 12:50 p.m. Myanmar time about 10 miles northwest of Sagaing, Myanmar, data from the agency shows.
—William B. Davis, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2025
After a temblor, LAFD usually deploys a strategic survey by land, air and sea of all districts around the city.
—Erik Pedersen, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for temblor
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Footage posted to social media from Istanbul showed people running and screaming in the moments after the biggest quake.—
Ross Rosenfeld,
MSNBC Newsweek,
23 Apr. 2025
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At least seven aftershocks were immediately reported after the initial quake, CBS Los Angeles reported, with the strongest one registering at 4.0-magnitude.—
CBS News,
CBS News,
15 Apr. 2025
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Shocked by this week’s earthquake, zoo elephants formed an ‘alert circle’ to protect their young at San Diego Zoo Get ready for the L.A. Times Festival of Books Our annual book festival is next weekend!—
Alyssa Bereznak,
Los Angeles Times,
19 Apr. 2025
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Unfortunately, the growing 2024 population was greatly affected by a Dec. 5 earthquake centered 500 miles away in California's Humboldt County.—
Kelli Bender,
People.com,
17 Apr. 2025
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Though Istanbul did not suffer from those tremors, over 53,000 were killed in Turkey and another 6,000 people in Syria.—
Jami Ganz,
New York Daily News,
23 Apr. 2025
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In Parkinson’s patients, these neurons are slowly destroyed as the disease progresses, which eventually affects their mobility and causes the disease’s tell-tale tremors.—
Alex Knapp,
Forbes.com,
18 Apr. 2025
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“Temblor.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/temblor. Accessed 29 Apr. 2025.
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